Durham Book Festival Commissions
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Letters from the World
We invited five acclaimed international authors to write letters to the people of Durham on the same day in August 2022.
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Dawn Chorus: a collective sound poem
In spring 2021 poet Linda France and sound artist Christo Wallers launched an open call for lines to Dawn Chorus, a collective sound poem for the beginning of the world.
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Ideas for Positive Change
Ideas for Positive Change is a new series of short talks, presented by Durham University academics. Inspired by the success of New Ideas for the New Normal in 2020, a range of world-class researchers return to Durham Book Festival to explore how we might build a more positive future.
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Sleep Stories
Sleep Stories is a three-part podcast series, mixing science with story, which is inspired by the contemporary sleep crisis.
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Lucie Brownlee: Writing from the Inside
6 April 2022 by
Writer Lucie Brownlee writes about her experience working with a group of female prisoners in the region.
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Murder, Mystery and Mayhem: Durham City Guided Walk
Take a walk around Durham and hear how crimes gone by have been recorded through the written word. Discover how the city and its hinterland have provided a backdrop and been incorporated into crime fiction and writing.
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Carbon, Climate and Renewal: A Self-Guided Walk of the Durham Heritage Coast
Set off on this newly commissioned self-guided literary walk and discover Durham’s beautiful Heritage Coast!
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Disability and the Politics of Visibility
Disability and the Politics of Visibility is a series of commissioned talks by five vital and exciting disabled artists at the forefront of thinking and writing.
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Half Way There – The Unsung
The Unsung is a brand new sci-fi/historic genre mash-up radio performance, written and directed by Vici Wreford-Sinnott with co-creators Mandy Colleran, Caroline Parker, Cheryl Martin and Jacqueline Phillips.
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Growing Home: A Film by Jodie Russian-Red
Growing Home is a literary film which unpicks the connections between memories, emotion, and gardening from the female perspective.
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Counter Culture: A Film from Louise Powell
Counter Culture tells the tales of working-class life which you’re unlikely to find in bookshops or theatres. Featuring pieces written by eight working-class writers first published in Kit de Waal’s acclaimed Common People anthology.
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A Literary Pilgrimage of Durham: Guided Walk
Celebrate fact and fiction inspired by, associated with, and written about Durham. Hear stories of ancient scribes, poets, prize winning authors, political discourse, and folklore; and see Durham from a new perspective.
